History
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Simon Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong 'to all time' without understanding just how much he was of his time.
1. This England (59 mins)
- The People鈥檚 Piazza: A History of Covent GardenAn immersive journey through the history聽of a place of produce, performance and protest88 mins
- RewindRewind relives the news, music and events from 1990.
- Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan DoyleThe ultimate power struggle. The famed super-sleuth and the writer who came to resent him
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery QueenA life as dramatic as her work. The secret factors that shaped her dark imagination
- Simon Schama's History of NowA lifetime in art 鈥� and the enduring power of culture in shaping the defining issues
- Around the World in 80 TreasuresDan Cruickshank looks for man-made treasures in Brazil, Peru and on Easter Island.
- CivilisationsSimon Schama looks at the pivotal role art has played in the forging of humanity itself.
- A Life in Ten PicturesEvery picture tells a story. Freddie's defining moments, revealed by those who were there
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
- Archaeology: A Secret HistoryRichard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
